EU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to resume efforts to normalise ties

European Union envoy for the Western Balkans Miroslav Lajcak (Darko Vojinovicm/AP)

The European Union envoy for the Western Balkans on Friday urged Kosovo and Serbia to step up their efforts at normalisation talks, saying these are decisive on their path towards membership into the bloc.

Miroslav Lajcak was on a visit to Kosovo’s capital Pristina where he met deputy prime minister Besnik Bislimi, who is in charge of the Kosovo side of the EU-facilitated talks. The local press said Mr Lajcak is not expected to go to Belgrade, as has usually been the case in all his previous trips.